Remarks by Charles Johnson
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“September 24th, 2026 at 6.30 p.m. and the Council Chamber Announcement of Quorum at 6.32 p.m. We will now have the pledge and invocation given by Council Member Mike Lester, District 6.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Start off with citizen comment, and since you're walking here, I assume we have people signed up to speak. Yes, we do. Good deal. The purpose of citizen comment is to give all interested citizens the right to express their views. Everyone desiring to speak should have either signed the appropriate list in the foyer or emailed the city clerk prior to the posted time of this meeting. Each citizen shall give his or her name and address in order to provide a proper record of these comments. The rules allow each person one minute to speak. A citizen may pass his or her time to another person who…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Now we're on to 2A, Municipal Development District items. Consider approving the minutes of the Municipal Development District and the City Council regular joint meeting held on July 23rd, 2026. I need a motion.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Motion carries. We are going to do executive session. We will be taking both MDD Executive Session and City Council Executive Session at the same time. Item 2B, we are going to recess into Executive Session pursuant to Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code to seek the advice of the Municipal Development District's attorneys regarding pending or contemplated litigation ITEM 11A, WE ARE GOING TO RECESS INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS TO SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEYS AND SEEK LEGAL ADVICE AND ITEM 11B, RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Good deal. Any questions or comments? I need a motion.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Good deal. A lot of good news about the hotel. Any questions or comments?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO COUNCIL ITEMS 3A, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND CITY REGULAR, CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 27, 2026. I NEED A MOTION.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED 4A AND 4B, TAKING THEM OUT OF ORDER, SO WE'RE ON TO 5. B and A, we will be taking 5B out of order and return to 5A. Now we're going to go on to the public hearing. The public hearing today is being held for the purpose of giving all interested persons the right to express their views regarding the subject of this public hearing. Everyone desiring to be part of today's hearing should have either signed the appropriate list in the foyer or emailed the city clerk prior to the posted time of this meeting. Each participant…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GOOD DEAL. THERE BEING NO ONE DESIRING, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK, I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 822 P.M. REGARDING THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 111, UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE BAYTOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REVISE DIVISION 2.3 USE STANDARDS AND DIVISION 10.2 DEFINITIONS OF THE ULDC REGARDING DATA CENTERS. NOW WE ARE GOING BACK TO 5A, CONSIDERING ORDINANCE REGARDING A PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 111 UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE BAYTOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REVISE DIVISION…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“SO I'M GOING TO SAY THAT I AM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT PLANNING AND ZONING agreed to the high industrial and with the SUP. If you don't mind, just for citizens who don't realize what an SUP is in the process, would you mind explaining that?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“SO IT GIVES THE RESIDENTS MULTIPLE BITES THAT THEY APPLE WHEN THEY CAN COME BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING AND VOICE THEIR OPINION? And then they have another opportunity to come before us. This is not something just because it's zoned a certain way where it's just going to be approved because of that. The SUP gives them more of an opportunity to come and speak up on whether they would like to see it or not. Any other questions or comments? Yes, ma'am.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Questions or comments? Not one. I need a motion. Motion to approve 6A. Second. Second. ALL IN FAVOR?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“ANY OPPOSED? I had a question, Mr. Chairman. Was it really that bad? No, we cannot do follow-up. Motion carries. Now we are on to consent agenda. We have someone signed up to speak on 7A, I mean 7E. So we need to pull 7E and also note on pulling item 7P. So 7E, 7P need to be pulled And we have a note on 7A, pages 3 through 6 of the petition. Exhibits C are missing from the agenda packet, but were timely filed with the city clerk. So outside of 7P and 7E, is there anything else that anyone would like to... All right, so 7B as in boy, 7E as in Edward, and 7P as in Paul. I need a motion.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“All in favor? Aye. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH 7B. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A CHAPTER 380 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND PALO VERDE PARTNERS. DID I GET THAT RIGHT? YES. DEVELOPMENT LLC, MR. BRIAN MORAN.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“So you said that two years to start or two years to complete?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Okay. Are we giving them a completion timeline also? Yes.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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City Council · Sep 24, 2026